Atlantis
Atlantis is a very nice slot machine game, and the theme – as the name suggests – is the lost city of Atlantis. The game has five reels, nine pay lines and offers a huge jackpot of £100,000 if you choose to play with the maximum stake. Visually, Atlantis is wonderfully presented, with pastel shades of blue providing an aquatic backdrop and colourful ocean plants adding some nice decoration in the foreground.
Symbols are all inspired by underwater life, both real and mythological, which means you can expect to see starfish and seahorses alongside mermaids and Neptune himself. When you get a winning line you will even see a dolphin celebrate by diving out of the ocean.
The same high standards apply when it comes to sound effects. There is a gentle, almost new-age soundtrack playing in the background, and when you spin the reels you will hear the ocean bubbling. Mix in a variety of jingles and the overall effect is rather therapeutic. In fact, this could be the most relaxing game we have played. Of course, if you decide that you don’t want to listen to the audio, you don’t have to – simply click on the small speaker icon at the bottom right of the screen and all game sounds will be muted.
You can play anything from 1 to 9 lines and you can bet anything from 50p to £10 per line. The jackpot obviously varies according to how much you stake on the game. Stake the minimum of 50p and you could win up to £5,000. Stake the maximum of £10 and you could win up to £100,000. Atlantis is therefore a game that you can adjust to suit your budget and aspirations.
The Neptune character is a Scatter symbol, and if you get this symbol on two or more reels then you will win anything from 2x to 32x your stake. A shark symbol acts as a Wild Card, and this means it can be used as a substitute for any other symbol to make a winning line or to improve a line that is already a winner. Any win that involves the shark will result in you being paid double the usual amount.
In a world where some game developers seem to think that the only way to entertain is by making their offerings louder and brasher than before, Atlantis stands apart as proof that this isn’t the case. If you are someone who, like us, believes that online gaming can be relaxing as well as thoroughly enjoyable, you will love this game.
17/05/2010 11:13:43
